antibiotics for my cat

[djtkirby]

My cat had kittens a while back. They are all given away and whatnot. The problem is that her stomach, around the nipple closest to the the hind legs are all swollen and red. It also is very hot to touch, like she  has fever. The area is a little hard to the touch.I have  cephalexin 250 per 5ml. this is the left overs of my kids antibiotics. I do not have enough money to take her to the vet and the vet I tried to take her to said he wouldn't help or give any advice. Please help can I give this to her in very small dosages to help her. She is very calm, enough to let me put warm compresses on her belly. Should I do this also?

[typeotasha]

i think that happend to my kat before, and its just the milk drying up. if its hard and lumpy...... the warm washcloth or whatever will probably sooth her very good. give it a few days and see if they get smaller, and dry up...  she probably over produced milk and it has no where to go, but i think it will dry up.

[zodiacqueen]

How do you know that the antibiotic is safe for cats?  Their body chemistry is different than ours, they do NOT process meds the way we do.  There aren't many safe "human" meds that cats can take.

If I were you, I would do a bunch of  research-go on the search engines and type up antibiotics for cats.  You should absolutely never give a cat any human med without doing research, only listen to a vet.   If the VET says a human med is safe for kitty, then go for it.  Otherwise do not listen to anyone that tells you otherwise-because they are clueless.

Also, keep in mind, that whatever momma kitty gets, the kittens will get through her milk.

Good luck.  There are probably less ignorant vets out there that, if you call them up, they will give advice.

PLEASE, do not give  the med to your cat.  A lot of times it'll mess their liver and kidneys up beyond repair.